What’s your safety net?
August 21, 2025
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What is your safety net?
Who can help you when the chips are down?
Here are two ways to create your own safety net.
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What makes people want to give to you?
August 19, 2025
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Five things can make people want to give to you, according to Robert Cialdini’s book, Influence. Reciprocation This is also known as the give and
Marketing Your Nonprofit: 5 More Things to Learn from The Long Tail
August 15, 2025
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There’s a reason you’ve never seen a full picture of me on here! Yeah, I’ve got a long tail. It’s kind of got a “Puff The Magic Dragon” vibe. But I roll with it.
So, in the spirit of my long tail, here’s what I learned from Chris Anderson’s bestseller The Long Tail, and how this applies to your nonprofit!
How to respond when a manager yells at you in front of staff
August 13, 2025
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Perhaps this has happened to you. You’re doing your work, and suddenly your boss comes over and starts screaming at you.
Then they barge back into their office.
You wonder what just happened. Perhaps you start to cry. Perhaps you yell back. Perhaps you start to search for another job. How can you prevent verbal attacks? How can you stop the verbal attacker in their tracks? How can you make them understand that they are not going to get the rise out of you that they want?
Development 301: Managing & Motivating Others, Part 3
August 11, 2025
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Hi! Thanks for reading this series on how to manage and motivate others by discovering their strengths and helping them find tasks that they can
How you can be an Executive Director
August 7, 2025
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Have you ever wanted to lead a nonprofit or charity? What about starting one? Today we talked with Sue Thornton, former Executive Director for Texas